Transendoscopic removal of heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the stomach--a case report
Lim, P.H.; Chng, H.C.; Ho, J.M.
Singapore Medical Journal 28(4): 366-368
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 3423809 Document Number: 305029
LTC, a 22 year old Chinese male with epigastric pain and an iron deficiency anaemia. Gastroscopy showed a sessile gastric polyp at the antrum. Transendoscopic polypectomy was done. The histopathologist reported aberrant pancreatic tissue within the submucosa of the polyp. Patient has since been symptom free and check gastroscopy and biopsy has shown no residual ectopic pancreatic tissue.